Black Lives Matter: birth of a movement. "The killing of Michael Brown created a new generation of black activists, with thousands taking to the streets, and a hashtag used more than 27m times. But will the movement survive the Trump era?"

Trump, the con artist. “The methods of a skilled con artist have worked just barely well enough to deliver the presidency to Trump. But what happens when his grandiose promises fail to materialize? And when the aspects of his program that he never mentioned in his speech — tax cuts for the rich, stripping away health insurance from millions, massive graft — do take place? A con artist who always escaped his old victims and found new ones has reached the maximal limits of his strategy. What happens when the marks are demanding that the promises he made be redeemed, and there is nowhere for him to go, and he commands the powers of the state?”

Trump deletes the WhiteHouse.gov LGBT webpage. Also gone: Pages devoted to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, civil rights, climate change, and the White House Council on Women and Girls.

You're fired! Trump dismisses all of President Obama's gay ambassadors in yet another break with protocol.

A lot of what is known about pirates is not true, and a lot of what is true is not known. "Pirates could be found in nearly every Atlantic port city. But only particular locations became known as 'pirate nests,' a pejorative term used by royalists and customs officials. Many of the most notorious pirates began their careers in these ports. Others established even deeper ties by settling in these cities and becoming respected members of the local elite. Instead of the snarling drunken fiends that parade through children’s books, these pirates spent their booty on pigs and chickens, hoping to live a more placid and financially secure life on land."

Eddie Long, the homophobic pastor, is dead. He was 63. Long allegedly sexually abused young men in his congregation.

CHILE Gay activist attacked in Santiago park by three men wearing neo-Nazi symbols.

BRAZIL This is 17-year-old son Itaberli Lozano and his mother 32-year-old Tatiana Lozano Pereira. She had two thugs beat him up, before she stabbed him to death - because he was gay. The charred remains of his body were discovered in a field.

Dustin Lance Black has urged closeted LGBT sports stars to come out: “To those who do come out and make that brave act, you're saving lives. They truly are.”

Tom Daley could end up in a wheelchair. “My disc is literally degenerating – it’s impact, impact, impact, but it’s something you just have to learn to deal with. I’ve been told I could [end up in a wheelchair] but I wouldn’t say it scares me because I know what I need to do with my body to stay on top of it. The plan is to get to 2020, and beyond.”

Footballer Andre Gray claims he is "now a role model" for reforming after "burn gays" tweets.

How to turn the tables on Ikea’s effect on the antiques trade. "Our fondness for the Swedish manufacturer has contributed to falling antique sales – and our inability to appreciate other furniture. Here’s a list of six design classics to set the flat-packs packing."

The top ten megacities in fiction. "The creativity and energy coming out of these vast human jostles is a challenge for writers. From Dickens to Anita Desai, here are some who meet it."

REVIEW Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past by Thomas R. Dunn. "[It] belongs on the shelves of all large academic and public libraries. If you are an LGBT community activist, historian, or curator, it belongs on your shelf, too."

REVIEWBoy Blue Entertainment: Blak Whyte Gray. "A striking achievement for Boy Blue Entertainment – and suggests it may be time to drop that last word from their name. Far more formal and introspective than we’ve been used to, it is also more artful in incorporating silence, space and stillness into its sound and action."

REVIEWPicnic At Hanging Rock. "A vision of psychological breakdown as a prettified illusion is ripped apart by the raw force of nature. It’s a show with a volcanic power."

FilmForever

INTERVIEW Talking toMoonlight's Mahershala Ali. "I would leave working on Moonlight to go work on something else... and I would really miss Juan... It would kind of ache in a way that I wasn’t accustomed to. I missed being out there and staying in his skin. I definitely mourned saying goodbye to Juan."

Why Sundance, America’s largest independent film festival, matters to movie lovers. "The annual festival in Park City, Utah, is where scrappy little indie films go to make it big."

REVIEW One Million B.C. "What is still extraordinary is how, for want of a better word, experimental the film is. The 1940 film had Mature and Landis converse in fully understandable English, but here, despite longueurs in the pacing of scenes, the entire cast has to rely on their physicality and no dialogue save for grunts and screams to project character."

On Taxi Driver, the awkward teen of US cinema. "In Travis Bickle, Scorsese, Schrader and De Niro created an embodiment of 1970s disenfranchisement. Hate-filled and fond of firearms, he speaks to our age too."

The TV revivals that should never have happened. "There’s relief over One Day at a Time and excitement over Twin Peaks, but televisual history suggests that comebacks aren’t always a good thing."

Frasier, Absolutely Fabulous and Joey: the dos and don’ts of TV spin offs. "As The Good Wife and 24 keep to the maxim of ‘old characters, new show’, we run through the rules in a reimagined TV universe."

The UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has rejected complaints about a segment on the Loose Women panel show about gay men being the must-have accessory.

How the world finally caught up with Twin Peaks. "Forget fan theories about Westworld or Game of Thrones. Twin Peaks was an internet-age show before its time – and TV addicts are ready for a real riddle to pore over. Thank goodness Coop is coming back."

Prestige TV finally went too far with The Young Pope. "HBO's newest series takes prestige television to such extremes, it almost becomes a parody of the genre."WATCH Here's the latest episode of Steam Room Stories.

Jennifer Holliday canceled her Trump inauguration performance: "I sincerely apologize for my lapse of judgement, for being uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans."

Azealia Banks wanted to perform at Trump's inauguration, because of course. "Saw the entertainment line for the inauguration it made me very upset. This is an EPIC moment in modern history and it should def be celebrated in style. I would love to perform at the inauguration."

This is resistance. Queer Muslim couple musician Laila Nur and Pakistani visual artist Saba Taj married before Trump's inauguration. "Right now, it’s scary times for women, people of color, Muslims and so many others. We refuse to bend to bigotry, and instead see this year as a moment for marginalized folks to step up, organize, step into our power & be as fierce as ever," Laila told AFROPUNK.

London’s new Routemasters reach the end of road as Mayor Sadiq Khan halts purchases. "Blow to [previous London Mayor] Boris Johnson’s legacy as capital’s mayor drops ‘costly’ new Routemasters to help pay for four-year fares freeze."

"I want to kill these dogs." Question of whether to cull strays divides Yangon. "Myanmar’s commercial capital is overrun with an estimated 120,000 stray dogs, which attack children and carry the threat of rabies. Mass culling was recently stopped but spay, neuter and vaccinate programmes have yet to start."

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"I would also like to take this opportunity to squash the persistent rumours about mysterious 'disappearances' and emphasize that rural and urban areas are now enjoying a life of harmony and peace. I'm sure you're glad to hear this. And I'm happy you're glad."